St. Bonifatius

St. Bonifatius is a Catholic church in the Weststadt of Heidelberg. It is a Romanesque Revival basilica with a transept and a facade with double towers, which was designed by Ludwig Maier and built between 1899 and 1903.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: church building in Heidelberg, Germany
Also known as: “Sint-Bonifatiuskerk (Heidelberg)” and “St. Bonifatius, Heidelberg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Christuskirche and New Synagogue, Heidelberg.

Christuskirche

Church

Photo: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Christuskirche is a church, which is situated 250 metres southwest of St. Bonifatius.

New Synagogue, Heidelberg

Synagogue

Photo: Luftschiffhafen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Synagogue, Heidelberg is situated 200 metres east of St. Bonifatius.

Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg

University

The Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg is a university of church music in Heidelberg and one of the most renowned ones in Germany. Its predecessor, Evangelisches Kirchenmusikalisches Institut Heidelberg was founded in 1931 by Meinhard Hermann Poppen to improve the training of church musicians for the Evangelical Church in Baden. Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg is situated 440 metres southwest of St. Bonifatius.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weststadt and Heidelberg-Bergheim.

Weststadt

Suburb

Photo: Michael Linnenbach, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Weststadt is a suburb of Heidelberg created during the 19th century, when Heidelberg expanded to the west along the railways during the Industrial Revolution.

Heidelberg-Bergheim

Suburb

Bergheim is a district of the German city of Heidelberg. It is bounded on the North by the Neckar River, the East by the Bismarkplatz, on the South by the Kurfürsten Anlage and the South by the city line.